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Koch-Mehrin resigns over plagiarism

Silvana Koch-Mehrin, a German Liberal MEP, has resigned from all the official functions she holds in her party and in the European Parliament.

The decision comes as she waits to hear the result of an investigation into allegations that she plagiarised part of her doctoral thesis.

Koch-Mehrin announced yesterday she was resigning as vice-president of the European Parliament, as leader of the Free Democrat (FDP) delegation in the Parliament and as a member of the executive board of the FDP in Germany.

She will remain as an MEP.

The announcement came after the University of Heidelberg, which awarded her doctorate, said that she would have to respond to the allegations of plagiarism to a special committee investigating the claims.

Koch-Mehrin’s thesis was on the Latin monetary union, which existed from 1865 to 1927.

The university of Heidelberg said in a statement that the investigation into allegations of plagiarism would continue regardless of Koch-Mehrin’s decision to resign.

The FDP MEP is the latest high-profile German politician to have been accused of plagiarism. Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg resigned from his position as defence minister in March during an investigation into accusations he had plagiarised parts of his doctoral thesis.